On sale now in all good newsagents and crammed with good jokes
The Beano has launched a new national joke competition to find Britain’s funniest primary school class.
Pupils and teachers (on behalf of pupils) across the UK will be able submit their primary school classes’ top three jokes at www.beano.com/jokes from April 1st 2019.
The top three classes, voted for by Beano’s gag maker experts and kids on Beano.com, will each win a bundle of Beano annuals, comic subscriptions and finally a special VIP Beano visit and joke workshop.
The announcement of the competition follows the successful launch of Beano’s free “SPAG LOLZ” programme for primary schools. The programme, free to download on school.beano.com, covers six key SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) topics with six curriculum based lesson plans each for KS1 and KS2.
Lesson plans focus on joke writing techniques taught through SPAG; designed to help classes hone their comedy skills and inject some unique Beano fun into literacy lessons.
Mike Stirling, Editorial Director at Beano said: “The hunt to find the UK’s funniest primary school-class is on! Beano is calling on pupils up and down the country to put forward their very best jokes, gags and funnies to be in with a chance of being crowned Britain’s funniest school class.
The Beano Joke Generator
“Beano has always known how funny kids naturally are, so this competition is the perfect way to shine a spotlight on the comedians of tomorrow and add some Beano LOLZ into primary schools across the UK.”
“Beano’s free online “SPAG LOLZ” programme has been created in partnership with primary school teachers, to bring crucial humour to literacy lessons,” notes award-winning Beano super teacher Anne Lean.
“Research from education company TES, found if kids find something naturally funny their engagement with the subject increases tenfold. Having fun in class is such an important part of learning and Beano’s programme will help children education.”
Classes can source further inspiration from Beano’s ‘Joke Generator’ which hosts 80 years’ worth of classic jokes and submit their entries online at www.beano.com/jokes.
• Beano’s national school joke competition is open for entries from 1st April. Primary school pupils teachers across the UK can submit their primary school classes’ top three jokes at www.beano.com/jokes from April 1st 2019. (The competition opens on 00.01hrs Monday 1st April 2019 and will close at 23.59hrs Wednesday 1st May 2019)
• Beano Issue 3970 is on sale now in all good newsagents – and comes crammed with good jokes!
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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